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Memorials to the Late President McKinley. 
It is quite remarkable how strong the sentiment is 
throughout the country in the direction of erecting 
memorials to our late martyred President, William 
McKinley, and yet in the interest of the subject and of 
art itself, it should be held in control. Far be it from 
us to decry so wholesome an indication of apprecia- 
tion of his sterling character, but in memorials to 
national public characters, there are so many questions 
of importance connected with them which require 
mature and deliberate consideration that a conservative 
course is always advisable. This has been proved in 
the- history of all memorials. Not only in his public, 
to consider designs. About 500 designs were submitted 
by well-known architects and sculptors, and the time 
for submitting designs was extended to January 1, 
1904, when it is expected a selection will be made. 
The monument to President McKinley illustrated on 
this page was unveiled at Adams, Mass., October 10. 
It was modeled by Augustus Lukeman, and cost $10,- 
000. The statue is of bronze, mounted on a pedestal 
of Stony Creek granite, and stands in front of the 
library of which President McKinley laid the corner 
stone. The statue represents the late President in 
the attitude of delivering an address. He has arrived 
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Tut also in his private life there was much in the char- 
acter of our late President that could be so forcibly 
presented in ideal art ; but in the haste in which statues 
of him are being erected, the number under way and 
the methods of promotion and control, there is ample 
cause for the conclusion that the majority of them 
will be unworthy of the cause. We already have far 
too many poor examples of statuary ostensibly erected 
to honor the person memorialized, but comparatively 
few do so from an artistic standpoint. 
The McKinley National Memorial Association 
which is in charge of the erection of the National 
memorial at Canton, O., is now in charge of a fund of 
about $500,000, and met in Washington November 19 
at a point in his speech at which he is calling a halt 
to the rule of the Spanish nation in Cuba. The bronze 
was cast at the Jno. Williams Bronze Foundry, New 
York City, and the Kimball & Combe Co., of Provi- 
dence, R. L, were the contractors for the pedestal. 
Another McKinley monument was unveiled Septem- 
ber 14 at Toledo, Ohio. It consists of a bronze statue 
modeled by Albert Weinert, on a pedestal of pink Mil- 
ford granite, and stands 27 feet high. It is placed in 
front of the court house and shows the President 
standing erect, with one hand behind his back. The 
total cost was $15,000. The bronze was cast by Au- 
bry Bros. Co., of New York, and the granite work 
was done by Lloyd Bros., of Toledo. 
